DURHAM — Jared Smith of the University of New Hampshire football team has been invited to participate in the NFL Scouting Combine, an invitation-only event that will be held Feb. 23-26 in Indianapolis and be televised on the NFL Network.

Smith, a defensive tackle, is scheduled to work out with defensive linemen and linebackers on Feb. 25. The NFL Combine is a four-day job evaluation in which players perform a series of mental and physical tests for the league’s top executives, coaches, scouts and medical personnel in advance of April’s draft.

Smith, who competed in the Texas vs The Nation All-Star Game in Allen, Texas, on Feb. 2, was decorated with numerous accolades following his senior season at UNH. The 6-foot-3, 292-pound DT earned a berth on the College Sports Journal FCS All-America Team, The Sports Network All-America Third Team, the Beyond Sports Network All-America Third Team, the All-CAA First Team, the College Sports Madness All-CAA First Team, ECAC All-Star Team and the All-New England Team. Smith started 11 games and compiled 40 tackles, 26 solo, with a team-leading 10 tackles for loss (0.91 per game), which ranked fifth in the CAA.

With 520 points, the UNH skiers are in fourth place behind Vermont (713 points), Dartmouth (675) and Middlebury (565). Saturday’s scheduled alpine races were postponed to a date to be determined.

Gymnastics takes third

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Erin Machado th a 9.850 on floor exercise to highlight the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team’s strongest event Friday night as the Wildcats finished in third place at an East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) quad-meet won by 17th-ranked Maryland.

The Wildcats slipped to 7-3 overall and 4-2 in EAGL.

The Wildcats began the meet with three strong sets on balance beam, but tight judging held the ‘Cats to an uncharacteristically low 47.100 to slip into fourth place through one rotation. Kayla Gray notched a 9.750 for second place on the beam. Erin Machado scored 9.850 for a share of fifth place in the floor exercise. Hannah Barile tied for fifth at vault with 9.825. Austyn Fobes tied for first on the uneven bars with 9.850.

Track preps for AE meet

DURHAM — The UNH track teams will compete in the America East indoor championships this Monday and Tuesday in Boston.

The men’s side finished fourth last year. Kevin Greene was recently named the America East Track Performer of the Week after a victory in the 800-meter run at the Rhode Island Invitational last weekend. Greene is coming off four straight individual victories between the 800 meter, 1,000 meter and mile events.

The women claimed sixth at last year’s meet. Keely Maguire remains one of the top distance runners in the league after claiming the individual cross country crown in the fall. She took fifth overall in the mile at the Terrier Classic and won the 3,000 meters against Holy Cross.

Men’s soccer inks four

DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire men’s soccer team recently signed four players to join the program this fall.

The four players are Riley Ellis of Seacoast United, Gunnar Ericsson of Haverhill, Mass., Erik Martel of Bedford and Duff Thomson of Newton.